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Replica animal scat made from chocolate and other ingredients

Crow’s Nest: Scat Lab

January 27, 2023

By Molly Smyrl, Environmental Educator. How do you get a group of High School students excited to learn about animal scat? By having them make…

Volunteers bundled up against the cold on a hayride to a project area at Crow's Nest Preserve

Crow’s Nest: MLK Day of Service

January 19, 2023

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Volunteers came out to many Natural Lands preserves on Monday to work in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,…

Early morning landscape of trees, meadow, and fog at Crow's Nest Preserve

Crow’s Nest: On humility

January 13, 2023

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We like to think of ourselves as experts, and that we’re pretty good at what we do. But I am…

A woodfrog emerges from the water surrounded by brown leaves.

Crow’s Nest: What’s that sound?

January 10, 2023

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We tend to talk most about the sights on the preserve, but there is so much more to experience. Since I…

A group of volunteers posing in a field at Crow's Nest Preserve.

Crow’s Nest: Volunteers in Winter

January 5, 2023

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. We didn’t expect our volunteer day this week to occur during such mild weather, but that made it even more…

A layer of mist settled over a valley with hills beyond

Crow’s Nest: What’s that smell?

January 4, 2023

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. I might have hoped to start off a new year (this weblog is starting its 18th year) with profound thoughts…

Volunteers posing in the woods

Crow’s Nest: Volunteers and Vines

December 15, 2022

By Daniel Barringer, Preserve Manager. Our December workday was cutting vines in the woods north of Hopewell Road. This area definitely had a vine problem…